Dear All Bards,

[dayspring83]

Foe's Requiem. Use it.
Battle Voice. Use it.

It makes me die a little bit on the inside whenever I go into WoD/ST/CT and not a single one of the eight bards in the alliance wants to play Foe's. Come on, guys.

Coming from a Bard:

Agreed. We can argue all day about the 20% penalty on AP and MB and when it's appropriate to use or not...but FFS why not use FR?

[AkashiXI]

If I'm not using foe on trash pulls in 24man content, it's because I'm being lazy. Same reason I don't goad the war who is overpower spamming the adds, same reason I'm not holy bombing as WHM, same reason I'm not putting on my STR accessories on War and optimizing my tank rotation. At a certain point, I'll do the bare minimum (without holding the group back) because that's all I need to do, simple as that.

On another note, I always try on bosses. There are too many variables for me to not act my 100%.

[Vespar]

I usually tend to see what my party consists of when I enter a dungeon. If there are far more melee then I'll use Paeon.
If there are more mages I'll use Foe's.
Obviously, if its needed Ballad takes priority in this.

The only time I wont play songs is if my party starts barking orders at me over which one to play.

[dice137]

As an added note, not enough BRDs seem to realize that if there are NINs in a party but no BLMs/SMNs, you should still be singing FR. It affects most of their ninjutsu actions! (Save for Shuriken, Doton, and Huton.)

[AskaRay]

I never play Paeon.... it's too much hassle, please add the TP bar in Party List, squeenix.

Also since sucking up and playing LNC to get Invigorate (i really don't like lancer sooo) I've never needed Paeon for myself, so. Yep.
I try to be nice to healers and play Ballad for them because honestly the WHM MP > my own DPS especially if it could mean the difference between dying because of no cure and maybe doing like minimal liittle less damage to make sure that doesnt happen..............

[SinisterJointss]

Pretty sure FOE's will only effect those in your party. By no means am I giving an excuse to not play it because I do, but pretty sure about what I said.

Also ... lol

Those damned spoony bards.

my bard's name is spoony bard lol

[Gunspec]

It would be cool if the buff icons would change depending on battle voice being active or not. Maybe a gold border to indicate the doubled effect. In 24 man content, I often see foe requiem up on the boss, but I have no idea which bards are playing (if not in my alliance), and I can't tell if they are using battle voice unless I target each player to see their buffs.

I'll use Foe + Battle Voice if the buff isn't already on the boss, and it's a good part of the fight (when the boss teleports back into battle and won't disappear for another 30 seconds), but I never want to waste a 5 minute cooldown if I'm not sure someone else might be using theirs.

[Jim_Berry]

I try to go NIN now. I see almost the whole alliance DPS full of BRD DPS. I simply spam Trick Attack for those long fights.

[Ryans]

As an added note, not enough BRDs seem to realize that if there are NINs in a party but no BLMs/SMNs, you should still be singing FR. It affects most of their ninjutsu actions! (Save for Shuriken, Doton, and Huton.)

Spending 3 seconds to sing a 20% damage buff added on to a 360 potency ability that is only used once (possibly twice) every minute isn't exactly a top priority. This is coming from a ninja so I'm not trying justify being a lazy bard.

[Mugiawara]

I'm a new bard so I have some quick questions.

1. Does Paeons/Ballad stack? [IE. 2 bards using it.]
So far I've been switching back and forth with the other bard if they play.
2. Does FoE ONLY work on YOUR party? Or everyone in the raid? [IE. CT]

That said, I always sing when need be.
Also, use Battle voice, please.

1 songs don't stack.
2 it affects the enemy, not party members, so everyone gets the effect of foe.

Thank you!